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Jewish historian to tease our sort, penning record (8)

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I believe the answer is:

josephus

'jewish historian' is the definition.
(Flavius Josephus)

'tease our sort penning record' is the wordplay.
'tease' becomes 'josh' (I've seen this before).
'our sort' becomes 'us'.
'penning' is an insertion indicator.
'record' becomes 'ep'.
'josh'+'us'='joshus'
'joshus' enclosing 'ep' is 'JOSEPHUS'.

'to' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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